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you guys are fun at parties i bet

welcome to the new Lk. Uniforms can only be blue and white. However, winning is optional

A great coach with 4 or 5 sons all college football prospects and a coaching staff with sons the same caliber as the head coaches.

I love how @BarryLaverty put a crying emoji, but seems to have zero problem with what Sunny Hostin said. And no offense Barry, but I think I could be FAR more impartial on that jury than you could.

he meant that we care about

This needs to change. Although things like this are usually referred to as "poison pills". Take a bill you know will likely pass, shove a bunch of crap into it that may not be related to it, and then if your "opponents" vote against it, you can use the main premise of the bill to say "They're against <X topic>!"

SloeJoe might start identifying as female so he can go into the girls locker rooms and shower with the girls like he did with his daughter…

There's nothing 'sane' about it. The very people that keep pushing this nonsense ARE the ones with mental illness! And there's nothing bigoted about recognizing that there ARE ONLY 2 genders, and wanting to PROTECT women from this nonsense. If you believe a man can be a woman, and a man should be able to compete against women in women's sports, you ARE an idiot!

Since the left wants to change language, what schools should do is change from boys/men's and girls/women's sports to male sports and female sports. That would fix it for nearly 100% of the athletes. But if it's all about "gender", why not have a school's male basketball team as all girls, and then just dominate all the other girls? How can you protect women's sports when you can't define "woman"?

no history of winning? seems like UG is a good spot for him

Texans came out and said it was real. Something like three helmets and four uniforms that will be released in total.

A lot of kids have issues these days mainly with authority or being told what they need to do. I don't think old school works anymore, I would have done anything the coach told me to do to make the starting team, nowadays kiddos just as soon walk away and go vape with their buddies. I don't know what the answer is but the coach and young'uns have to make that connection, bigger schools with a lot of players a coach can coach old school small school with little to chose from is a lot harder.

AD/HFC Lance Bryan’s son unexpectedly passed away. He was currently a freshman and made his varsity football debut this past season. The Bryan family and the community sure could use your prayers. The Howe Athletic Booster Club Facebook page also has a link for donations to be made to the Bryan family.

I still like to look at these old maps ... they give you a lot more perspective looking at distances between points .... when I drove to Fairbanks Alaska in 1984 I plotted out the entire route on the dining room table ... then my wife cut the map into sections to make it easier to see on the trip, she was the navigator and would tell me when to take the turns and what road signs to look for .... tru storie ....

You can put laughing emojis all you want, @BarryLaverty. I'm stating an opinion that I believe would hold true. And frankly, I'm surprised (but maybe I shouldn't be) that you didn't even TRY to refute my assertion. It's OK, though. If you don't think you could be fair, just say so. Lots of other people did. And Sunny Hostin is upset that someone friendly to Trump might get on the jury.

Clarksville and LK have been models of consistency before Farmer ruined them both for sure.

Its not uniform related, but one year we started playing pregame music that excited the players and a group of older fans complained that they did not like the music. They said the music should be for the fans not the players. I told one group that if they were playing we might consider it. Did not go over very well.

i'm sure he has bad taste in his mouth from oc as well

Sabine quarterback Colt Sparks committed to Texas Tech today. He will play tight end for them.

it's 2024, you can't be that open about not liking certain colors!

JJ Watt's charity classic on May 4th.

Hire better is good in theory. Just not sure who you convince to take the job that you'd consider better. Coaches typically want talent to make a run and boost their resume or money...

terrible job. place has run dry

Longview has 4 consecutive weeks of HUGE matchups this fall. Week 3 - vs South Oak Cliff (the big one that everyone is talking about) Week 4 - vs Ruston, LA (this game, not enough people are talking about it. Ruston won the Louisiana 5A state championship last year and was in the state title game a year before. HC Jerrod Baugh use to be OC under King at Longview). Week 6 - vs Rockwall (11-2 last year) Week 7- @ Forney (13-2 last year) That's a tough 4 game stretch. Thank goodness for the BYE in Week 5. A tricky Week 1 game down in Lufkin, so should be a fun schedule.

This is completely Biden’s fault…this political show trial stunt is causing the mental ill people that Biden has allowed to roam the streets to do irrational things…..

L-K for 50+ years has been blue and white…..football team had an all black uniform in 2023……saw several pictures of him at school, where he more than likely knew his picture was going to be taken that particular day, and he would have black and brown/tan clothes on with no blue or white…….Jerry Bennett was not a hometown L-K guy, but Jerry was proud to wear blue and white clothing while employed by L-K(just an example). Clothing color does not make a person bad, by no means…..not saying he is not a good guy…….But never seen John King at Longview, Scott Surratt at Carthage, or Jeff Taylor when he was at Gilmer wear clothes not in line with their school.

Stick with the school colors- that solves all the problems.!!!!

Here's the sane and not bigoted view of the changes. And Betsy DeVos was an evil, abhorrent enemy of public education and all groups not WASPs. (NY Times) Biden Administration Releases Revised Title IX Rules The new regulations extended legal protections to L.G.B.T.Q. students and rolled back several policies set under the Trump administration. By Zach Montague and Erica L. Green Reporting from Washington April 19, 2024, 5:00 a.m. ET The Biden administration issued new rules on Friday cementing protections for L.G.B.T.Q. students under federal law and updating the procedure schools must follow when investigating and adjudicating cases of alleged sexual misconduct on campus. The new rules, which take effect on Aug. 1, effectively broadened the scope of Title IX, the 1972 law prohibiting sex discrimination in educational programs that receive federal funding. They extend the law’s reach to prohibit discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation and gender identity. “These regulations make it crystal clear that everyone can access schools that are safe, welcoming and that respect their rights,” Miguel A. Cardona, the education secretary, said in a call with reporters on Thursday. Through the new regulations, the administration moved to include students in its interpretation of Bostock v. Clayton County, the landmark 2020 Supreme Court case in which the court ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination. And the administration took steps to roll back some of the more rigid campus sexual assault policies issued during the Trump administration, which drew condemnation from Democrats, including Mr. Biden, for being overly deferential to students accused of sexual violence. The rules deliver on a key campaign promise for Mr. Biden, who has faced pressure from Democrats and civil rights leaders to release them. They come as he tries to galvanize groups such as women who have lost abortion access and Black and progressive voters who have expressed disappointment with the president’s civil rights record. While the new rules are expected to restore protections for accusers and expand the set of harassment complaints that schools are required to investigate, they are far from the sweeping rollback of Trump-era rules that was anticipated. During a call with reporters ahead of the announcement, Jennifer Klein, the director of the White House Gender Policy Council, said the rules were designed to strike a balance. She added that the new rules would “restore and strengthen vital protections that were weakened by the prior administration, while reaffirming our longstanding commitment to fundamental fairness.” While the regulations released on Friday contained considerably stronger protections for L.G.B.T.Q. students, the administration steered clear of the lightning-rod issue of whether transgender students should be able to play on school sports teams corresponding to their gender identity. The administration reiterated that while exclusion from an activity based on gender identity causes harm, the new rule does not extend to single-sex living facilities or sports teams. The Education Department has proposed a second rule dealing with eligibility for sports teams. More than 20 states have passed laws that broadly prohibit anyone assigned male at birth from playing on girls’ and women’s sports teams or participating in scholastic athletic programs. Last year, House Republicans also passed a bill to enforce those prohibitions nationwide, though the bill was not taken up by the Democratic-controlled Senate. The changes concluded a three-year process and helped fulfill a campaign promise President Biden made while running in 2020, when he to pledged to undo regulations set under Mr. Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, that he said served only to “shame and silence survivors” of sexual violence. The DeVos-era rules, which took effect in 2020, were the first time that sexual assault provisions were codified under Title IX. They bolstered due process rights of accused students, relieved schools of some legal liabilities, laid out rigid parameters for impartial investigations and required schools to conduct courtroomlike proceedings. They represented a sharp departure from the Obama administration’s interpretation of the law, which had input from Mr. Biden, who was then vice president. The administration issued unenforceable “Dear Colleague” letters directing federally funded schools to ramp up investigations into sexual assault complaints under the threat of funding penalties. The Obama-era guidelines were hailed by civil rights advocates as having shepherded in a new era of accountability in addressing campus sexual misconduct, but they drew outcry from conservatives and civil liberties groups who felt they infringed on due process rights. They also received complaints from schools that said they felt pressured to tip the scale in accusers’ favor. Scores of students who had been accused of sexual assault went on to win court cases against their colleges for violating their rights under the Obama guidelines. The Obama administration also issued a letter to states saying that transgender students were protected under Title IX, including the ability to use bathrooms that corresponded with their gender identity. The Trump administration immediately rescinded that guidance, and asserted that transgender students were not covered under the federal law. The administration issued a memo after the Bostock ruling maintaining that position. Upon taking office, Mr. Biden ordered the Education Department to review those policies, in part to address what many schools saw as an overcorrection by the Trump administration that gave excessive protections to students accused of sexual assault and discouraged victims from reporting instances of sexual violence and harassment. Catherine E. Lhamon, the head of the department’s Office for Civil Rights, called the new rules the “most comprehensive coverage under Title IX since the regulations were first promulgated in 1975.” They largely provide more flexibility in how schools conduct investigations, adding something advocates and schools had lobbied for. They retain key provisions that Ms. DeVos instituted to bolster due process for accused students as well as “supportive measures” for victims. The department, however, said it would hold schools to a higher standard when determining whether they had properly handled cases than what it called the “deliberately indifferent” standard under the current rules. “The final regulations reaffirm our core commitment to fundamental fairness for all parties who exercise their Title IX rights because a fair process will help ensure that investigations lead to accurate and reliable and effective resolutions of sex discrimination complaints,” Mr. Cardona said. The new rules address the parts of the DeVos-era regulations that most alarmed victims’ rights advocates. Among the most anticipated changes was the undoing of a provision that required hearings in which students accused of sexual misconduct, and even their family members or classmates, could cross-examine accusers in person. The new rules allow for in-person hearings, but do not require them. They also mandate a “process enabling the decision maker to assess a party’s or witness’s credibility when credibility is in dispute and relevant,” including posing questions from the opposing party, according to a fact sheet issued by the Education Department. While it reviewed the DeVos-era regulations, the Biden administration released guidance to schools in 2021 about how to navigate their requirements under the law. The previous rules have stayed in effect for the past three years while the administration sifted through more than 240,000 public comments as part of the rule-making process. The DeVos-era rules bolstered due process rights of accused students, laid out new parameters for impartial investigations and required schools to conduct courtroomlike proceedings, and relieved schools of some legal liabilities. The drawn-out process has been a source of frustration for Democrats, victims’ rights advocates and students who have grown impatient for follow-through on the president’s promises. “The impact of leaving these regulations in place for so long is we’ve seen a really negative impact on the culture in schools around Title IX and around reporting,” said Emma Grasso Levine, a senior manager at Advocates for Youth, an advocacy group that focuses on sexual violence. “Many students that used to have faith in the Title IX process these days will say, ‘No, I don’t think you should report,’ because it’s too brutal, it’s too costly in terms of the negative emotional impact,” she said. Title IX was designed to end discrimination based on sex in educational programs or activities at all institutions receiving federal financial assistance, beginning with sports programs and other spaces previously dominated by male students. The effects of the original law have been pronounced. Far beyond the effects on school programs like sports teams, many educators credit Title IX with setting the stage for today’s academic parity today; female college students routinely outnumber males on campus and have become more likely than men of the same age to graduate with a four-year degree. But since its inception, Title IX has also become the vehicle through which past administrations have delivered guidance to schools governing how they should respond to problems such as sexual violence and harassment on campus as well as discrimination against L.G.B.T.Q. students. “One of the things that’s interesting about Title IX is how, with its original goals, how fully it succeeded, more so than any other civil rights law,” said R. Shep Melnick, a professor of American politics at Boston College. “And suddenly, the focus changed from ‘what were the opportunities within the educational institutions’ to ‘how are we going to change how people think about sex, gender, and generally how we’re going to undo stereotypes.’”